VII. ADMISSIBILITY 29. Article 6(2) of the Protocol provides that “the Court shall rule on the admissibility of cases taking into account the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter.” 30. Pursuant to Rule 50(1) of the Rules, “The Court shall ascertain the admissibility of an Application filed before it in accordance with Article 56 of the Charter, Article 6(2) of the Protocol and these Rules”. 31. Further, Rule 50(2) of the Rules, which in substance restates the provisions of Article 56 of the Charter, provides as follows: Applications filed before the Court shall comply with all of the following conditions: a. Disclose the identity of the Applicant notwithstanding the latter’s request for anonymity; b. Comply with the Constitutive Act of the Union and the Charter; c. Not contain any disparaging or insulting language; d. Not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; e. Be filed after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; f. Be filed within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seised with the matter; g. Not raise any matter or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union. 8